PPT-International Humanitarian Law: History and Main Principles

Gentian Zyberi Associate Professor Norwegian Centre for Human Rights University of Oslo Outline Historical D evelopment of IHL IHL Scenarios Main IHL Principles AdditionalRecommended . Hiroshima and Nagasaki. A flash in the sky. A city decimated. A city decimated. Severe disfigurement. Enter the Red Cross….Dr Marcel Junod. ‘We (…) witnessed a sight totally unlike anything we had ever seen before. The centre of the city was a sort of white patch, flattened and smooth like the palm of a hand. Nothing remained. The slightest trace of houses seemed to have disappeared. The white patch was about two kilometres in diameter. Around its edge was a red belt, marking the area where houses had burned, extending quite a long way further (..) covering almost the rest of the city.’. Regulatory problems in international disaster response . operations – Findings of the IFRC . Sanne . Boswijk. Disaster Law Coordinator for MENA. Kuwait, 10 June 2015. Foreign Rescue Team Delayed By Japanese Bureaucracy. November 2013. Harry Shannon. McMaster University. Working with. David Sanderson. . Director, Centre for Development and Emergency Practice (CENDEP), Oxford Brookes University. Charles . Parrack. , . Human . Rights and Humanitarian Diplomacy Today. P. ost. -Cold War challenges . were. . unprecedented.. The . violent dismembering of multinational/ethnic states, and weak, ineffective governments, led to gross violations of human rights and humanitarian principles on an alarming scale. . Ben Baseley-Walker,. Legal and Policy Advisor, Secure World Foundation. bbw@swfound.org. +1-202-255-2153. Overview. International Law 101. Foundations. Jus ad bellum/ jus in . bello. General Principles. JOURNAL . AS . A PROBLEM. Podchinenov. Alexey V. . (A.V.Podchinenov@usu.ru). Snigireva. Tatiana A.. (tas0905@rambler.ru). Ural. . Federal. . University . Yekaterinburg. , . Russia. The . UrFU. project . The Professionalization of the Human Rights and Humanitarianism. The professionalization of the human rights and humanitarian work is evidenced by proliferation of handbooks, codes, and guidelines issued by states, IGO, and NGOs. . International Services. What is International Humanitarian Law?. International Humanitarian Law (IHL) is a body of rules which in times of armed conflict, seek to . protect people who are not or are no longer taking part in the fighting. International Humanitarian Law (IHL. ). “Principles of humanity” and “. dictates of . public conscience”: . The . origins . and evolution . of the . Martens . Clause and. its applicability to armed conflict . th. and 21. st. . Centuries. The Role of Technology, money, and the Human Spirit. The Beginnings of Humanitarian Aid. The precise definition of humanitarian aid may vary from time to time and place to place, and there are certainly controversies over the extent to which political and military operations should be involved in humanitarian aid, but humanitarian aid invariably involves the concept of providing material and logistical assistance in response to a crisis situation, whether it be natural or man-made, for the purpose of alleviating human suffering and saving lives.. . In the performance of humanitarian tasks our organization is an active and independent partner of the authorities at all l some of their rules are similar these two bodies of law have developed separately and are contained in different treaties In particular human rights law unlike international humanitarian law applies NTD 416. MISS TAIWO O.M. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN NUTRITION AND DIETETICS. AFE BABALOLA UNIVERSITY ADO-EKITI. INTRODUCTION. The international ‘humanitarian system’ includes a wide range of . organisations. AND . NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS . IN . IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW IN UKRAINE. Nataliia. Hendel, PhD, Associate Professor of International Law and International Relations at the National University “.